Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Musto; William Howard

(most less than 20 lines ofMATLAB code). These assignments represent good opportunities to emphasize other importantskills. Students are required to present their computations in clear and concise write-ups. Theuse of flowcharts is required in several of the assignments. Although flowcharts may be seen asunnecessary as a planning tool for such short programs, they are valuable for explaining the logicused in a program. Flowcharts are also useful in project planning and in describing processes, sosome instruction in their preparation and use is justified. For some assignments, no specific Page 10.331.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aura Gimm

the transform slides, students can discover the fundamental relationships ofdiffraction based on Bragg’s Law. The diffraction patterns can be observed either by shining avisible-light laser through the slide and projecting the diffraction patterns onto a wall or screen;or by holding the slide directly in front of the eye and looking at a point source ofmonochromatic visible light such as a light emitting diode. Safety issues involved in the use of alaser are described in the kits. Two kits are available for use, as shown in Figure 1.The Optical Transform Kit demonstrates the basics of optical diffraction, leads students throughthe discovery of the fundamental principles governing diffraction, and makes the connectionbetween optical

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Taylor; Robert Green

challenge being finding faculty on campus the students could work with.The Bagley College of Engineering is ranked in the top 40 schools by the NationalScience Foundation in terms of research expenditures so available research was not aproblem. The problem was that many of the faculty spent the summer working ingovernment labs or with colleagues at other institutions. As a result, not every student gottheir first choice of research assignment but they were assigned to a closely related area.Expectations of the students were and remain high. Each student was scheduled to workat least 20 hours per week in the lab and most afternoons were filled with tours orseminars. Students were told up front that they were working on real projects and theirfaculty

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Olson

answersuntil they find the correct responses. Q1: Why does compound interest grow more quickly than simple interest? a) Compound interest is based on beginning-of-period calculations. b) More banks offer compounded interest, so they need to provide higher rates to attract customers. >> c) Unpaid interest accrues additional interest when compounding. Q2: When ranking projects to determine an organization's MARR, which measure is most appropriate? a) Shortest Payback Period b) Greatest Present Worth >> c) Greatest Internal Rate of Return d) Benefit/Cost ration or Present Worth Index Figure 1 Representative WebCT quiz questions used in Engr 50On the

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Nickles

four exams as comparedto a course where the only graded assignment is a design project. The same is true for a coursewebsite, where student behavior is constrained by the functions and content available. Evenamong courses using the same CMS, different instructors may have different pedagogicalapproaches and choose to use different functions of the CMS. Thus, it is important to considerhow a CMS is used when interpreting measures made of its use.One example of this can be seen in a recent study that compared the pattern of student interactionwith a CMS and grades for two courses.3 In this study, six student behavior measures taken fromtheir interaction with a CMS were collected from the same course taught by the same instructorin different

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhongming Liang

. Assessment tools versus learning outcomes matrix for the dynamics course Course Learning Outcomes Assessment Tools 1 2 3 4 5 6 Homework 1 X Test 1 X Test 2 X Test 3 X Homework 2 X Computer Project X X Final Exam X X X X Based on assessment of learning outcomes in the fall 2003 semester, more

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eduardo B. Fernandez; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

to correlate thelayer to its lower layer, in particular which mechanisms of the lower layer are required to supportthose in the higher layer.Applying such a methodology requires catalogs of security patterns18. We have developedpatterns for authorization models22, for operating systems security23, for authentication24, forfirewalls25, and for other security mechanisms. Some of these are being collected in a book 19.The undergraduate version of the course emphasizes the use and design of secure systems, whilethe graduate version puts emphasis on design and research aspects. In the undergraduate version Page 10.1435.4the project is fixed for

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Miller; Gayla Neumeyer; Matthew Schmidt; David Jonassen

PBL engineering program in Denmark perceived that they had higher levelsof skills in communication, ability to define engineering problems, ability to carry out aproject, ability to carry out technical research and development, cooperating with differentpeople22. An evaluation of 25 years of experience with PBL in engineering shows in veryclear terms the superiority of problem based learning compared to more traditional learningstrategies23. There are several justifications for designing and developing PBL programs innuclear engineering. First, we were unable to find any reports of any effort to implementPBL in nuclear engineering. Second, few of the PBL projects in engineering education haveever reported any research related to their

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carpenter

ofProfessionalism and Ethics in Engineering that are worth mentioning.To familiarize students with various aspects of professionalism and ethics, a number ofguest speakers were invited to talk to the class. Talks that were presented are listedbelow (the numbers in parenthesis were the number of 75 minute class periods allocatedto the topic): o Professional Regulation (1) o Marketing Professional Services (2) o Project Management (2) o Company Organizational Structure (2) o Total Quality Management (1) o Legal Aspects of Engineering (1) o Ethics in Transportation (1) o Contract Law (2) o Construction Management (3) o Elements of Moral Philosophy (2

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, VSU

post-test score, follow-up scores, attitude scores and laboratory completion time scores.The post-test was made up of problem-oriented type of items and a few multiple-choicequestions.Research Questions The main research question for this research project is: “Can simulation-basedlaboratory replace physical laboratory methods?” Specifically, 1. In terms of student conceptual learning, how do simulation-based laboratory experiences compare to physical laboratory experiences? 2. How does the students’ attitude toward the use of the simulation affect their post-test score? 3. How does the simulation group attitude toward the laboratory experience differ from the physical group? 4. In terms of completion time

Conference Session

Ethical Roles: Admins, Government, Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

Ethicsand Character Education curriculums, including the Character Counts! Coalition (1993),the Child Development Project (1981), and the Positive Action Model (1998). Inaddition, a presentation of a senior research paper on Character Education highlighted thenational call for educators to address this arena in classrooms.Students were actually relieved to be able to openly discuss these issues and garnerresponses to thoughts and questions from peers and faculty. They left that day feelingrefreshed by the honesty in their own personal evaluation of morals, values, and ethics.Students also felt energized by having taken this first step in understanding the role ofEthics and Character Education in today’s public school classrooms.Due to this positive

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Landaeta; Bryan Magary; William Peterson

paradigm, the emphasis seems to naturally shift from thecalculation to the generation of the cash flow – arguably where the practicing engineer addsvalue to the process – elements (the costs, the benefits, and the horizon). Additionally, the annualcash flow no longer needs to take on (unrealistically) rigid patterns to accommodate our abilityto process them. Cash flows can be flat, irregular, and geometric gradients (in lieu of generallyunrealistic arithmetic gradients) and can be made of the many elements found in a typical “real”project. The problem becomes more of choosing the appropriate model and less of numbermanipulation.An added benefit to this approach could include either a shorter course, in programs desperatelyseeking ways to include

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Smith

enhance visual realism.Stereo viewing capability provides depth cues, which carry information concerning spatialrelationships between the parts in a complex assembly, and, thus, provides better visual feedbackto users than traditional 2D projection techniques.VR-CAD viewer The proposed VR interface consists of two parts: a visualization component and a 3Dinteraction component. For enhancing visualization, real-time stereo viewing is provided. Acomputer monitor and a pair of LCD shutter glasses are used to create a virtual world. In order tomake the interface more intuitive, CAD model interaction is provided using hand gestures. LCD Shutter

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Powers; Mary Fran Desrochers

and file I/O 9 7 Analysis, Curve Fit, FFT 11 8 Review as necessary 9 Sample Data Collection 10 Penny Counter Program 11 Temperature Control 12 Temperature Control 13 Project 14 ProjectDuring the first part of the term all students are at their own computer with the instructor using aprojector screen and a computer. Since each student is able to follow along and build their ownprograms it seems to help them learn the material better. In the second portion students

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

Science (BS) entry-level engineers7. Educators must shift the focus from teaching-centered approach to learning-centered. This necessitates the assessment of the industrial use of the materials that are learnedin the classroom.The co-op program is vital in such assessment using the following 3 methods:1. Student feedback: IPFW cooperative education students are required to submit an academicwritten report as well as an evaluation survey for every semester they worked. The feedback isan important way of understanding the value of the co-op experience and the results can be usedas indirect assessment measures.The students write a 3-5 page technical report in which they summarize the tasks, plan, project

Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

rapport with studentsplanning and quality, • Frequent assessment of student learningorganized classroom • Classroom assessment techniquesinstruction. • Out of class homework and projects • Appropriate use of technologyPutting theory into practice,senior ExCEEd staff actually Page 7.389.3demonstrate their Figure 1. The ExCEEd Model for Classroom Instruction “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002

Conference Session

Achieving Diversity in the CE Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Norma Mattei

depends on some catalyst tospark the mentor/mentoree relationship.A recent study by the Catalyst Research Group (CRG, 1998) on minority women in the generalworkplace surveyed 1700 African-American, Hispanic and Asian-American female managers. Thestudy found that 22% of the women surveyed intended to quit their companies. Although mosthad graduate degrees, many found that they are not moving up in their corporations. Keyconcerns include: 47% don’t have an influential mentor, 40% site lack of informal networkingwith influential colleagues, 29% lack company role models of the same race/ethnic group, and28% don’t get high visibility projects. What can be done to avoid this type of backlash inengineering? Remember, in the Catalyst Research Group study

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shehu Farinwata

@ 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationFurthermore, we often go ahead and build these systems and continue to validate and testthe models until satisfactory expected and projective results are obtained. This innocentlymentioned process is by no means trivial or simplistic. It could be a painfully iterativeprocess, depending on the physical significance and relevance being sought, andsometimes, expected outcomes do not result, and we go back to the drawing board, timeand money permitting. The author’s seeming obsession that students get a good handle ondifferential equations by graduation can be summed up an in-class sermon for a seniors’course in automatic control. Other engineering educators may apply it to their pertinentcourse

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Miller; Carlos Morales

delivering full- provided mainly with video and graphics-basedscreen full-motion video, but only had a range of instruction. On the other end of the spectrum, aone hundred fifty feet. Multiple access ports can user that is having problems with the visualbe placed throughout an organization to provide content, will be given sound files and on-screena wireless access area beyond the 150 feet text. This is determined through functionsrestriction of a single access hub. Within the present within the Active Server Pages that passconfines of the development phase of this project variables through the A* Star algorithm and area single access hub was used. It worked as compiled in a user-specific

Conference Session

Teaching Effective Communications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

fail to follow each part of aninstruction more and more error intrudes until a total breakdown of the project ensues.Word finds, Anagrams, Crosswords, Brainteasers, frame games, and the above logic puzzleseach require students to read and then carefully work through a variety of thought processes.They see the challenge and the fun of tackling these mind games and see a satisfaction inreaching conclusions that speak of their mental abilities. These activities can be fostered in everyengineering course offered at the university and require no loss of class time or instruction. Theyare simply passed out to students and the challenge begins. The above types of activities providestudents with subtle tools that carry over to the careful reading of

Conference Session

New EET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

Engineering Education 90(4): 653-657.[2] Gray R and Weissbach R (2000) “Integration of Satcom and GPS into a Technology Curriculum”. Proceedingsof the 2000 Annual ASEE Conference, Session 3549.[3] Van Alphen, D. and Katz, S (1999) “Implementing a Satellite Earth Station – A student project” Proceedings ofthe 1999 Annual ASEE Conference, Session 2532.[4] NASA Website for orbit prediction: http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/[5] Shaeiwitz, J (1998) “Classroom assessment” Journal of Engineering Education 86: 179-183AcknowledgementThe satellite experiments described in this paper have been partially funded through a Mini-Grant from theEngineering Technology Division of ASEE.ALBERT LOZANO-NIETO is Assistant Professor of Engineering at Penn State, Wilkes-Barre

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Haque

. 481-490.10. NeuroShell 2 User's Manual (1996) Ward Systems Group, Inc., Frederick, MD, USA11. Design Handbook, vol. 2, Columns, ACI Publ. SP-17a(78), 1978.MOHAMMED E. HAQUEMohammed E. Haque is an Associate Professor of the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&MUniversity at College Station, Texas. He has over fifteen years of professional experience in analysis, design, andinvestigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and privatesectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, andmembers of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University of Engineering andTechnology, a MSCE and a Ph.D

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Merino

founderand Program Director of the Executive Master in Technology Management (EMTM) Program. He was founder ofthe undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management (BEEM) at Stevens. He won the MortonDistinguished Teaching Award for full professors at Stevens. John Wiley published his book, “The SelectionProcess for Capital Projects”. Dr. Merino received two Centennial certificates from the ASEE in EngineeringEconomics and Engineering Management. He is past Chair of the Engineering Management Division andEngineering Economy Division of ASEE.Dr. Merino was awarded the B. Sarchet Award from the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM)and the B. Sarchet Award from the Engineering Management Division of the American Society of

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Mines; Andre J. Butler; Laura Lackey; Philip McCreanor

musthave an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.Based on this criterion, the MUSE environmental engineering lab experience was re-structuredto emphasize experimental design by including four open-ended problems in the laboratoryexperience. These supplementary projects required the design of experiments to evaluate abench-scale wastewater treatment plant, an adsorption process, a coagulation/flocculationexperience and an investigation of the interferences associated with the measurement of chemicaloxygen demand (COD). These experimental design experiences were added to the coursewithout eliminating content included in the former format and the workload experienced by thestudent was not significantly

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education and Outreach

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach

descriptions, or regularperformance reviews. In response to the introduction of these concepts in the textbook, onestudent asked, “Do any companies really work this way?” Other students were able to shareformal procedures and processes with the class, which emphasized the range of practice presentin manufacturing management. Presentations by student teams included time study projects,budget approval flowcharts, and physical facilities planning examples all drawn from current,local manufacturing organizations.The second group of students all worked for a large, US – based multinational corporationsupplying low-volume, high cost parts to the aircraft industry. Through corporate mergers andtakeovers these students had changed corporate identity three

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

A. A. Al-Anezi

) 3 Fluid Power 3 Tolerancing Mechanics of Materials & Lab 4 I.C.E 2 (Diesel Engines) 3 Machine Design 3 Fluid Mechanics & Lab 3 Gas Turbine 2 Engineering Project 2 Applied Thermodynamics 3 Boilers & Steam Turbines 3 Electro-Mechanical Systems 4 Instrumentation & Lab 3 Fuel & Lubricants 1 Basic Electricity for Mech. Equip 3 Maintenance 1 (Lecture) 2 MET Elective

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Madara Ogot

© 2002, American Society of Engineering Education2.5 Specific Aim #5: Encouraging More High School Seniors to Consider Careers inEngineeringAs previously mentioned, the 'product' of the Creative Design Workshop, are multi-mediapresentations on CD-ROM of common mechanical devices/systems work. On completion ofeach project, student R&D teams visit local high schools to make their presentations andhopefully arouse the interest of high school students to engineering. We have been working withtwo local high schools in New Brunswick and Franklin Township (NJ), both of which have highminority populations.In the near future, we shall have all developed materials available for download from theprogram website to allow high school teachers to

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harvey Abramowitz

investigation have recently been reported. 3 The experiment described here isbased on these results, which are a combination of the work done by two engineering senior Page 7.818.1design teams and a senior project in the Department of Construction Technology. The “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”objectives of this experiment are to: (1) introduce the student to the concept of dynamic loading,as compared to static loading, (2) demonstrate a method for determining dynamic loading, (3) compare

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hoffbeck

such as noise, distortion, andtiming imperfections.Capturing signals from real systems and processing them using simulated systems has theadvantage of using real world signals recorded directly from actual systems, and at the same timeretaining the flexibility and convenience of using simulated systems. Only the instructor needsto have access to the actual system to record the signals, and the students can process the resultsusing appropriate software, experimenting with different methods simply by making changes insoftware.To demonstrate this teaching method, a project is described that captures the caller identification(CID) signal that is used to transmit the name and number of a telephone caller, and demodulatesthe signal using the numeric

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirankumar Gundrai

. Page 7.547.4Moreover, the collective wisdom of the entire nuclear industry is brought to bear on thisProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationimprovement process. All plant operators share best practices and operating experiencesthrough industry wide lessons learned procedures, benchmarking projects and the TopIndustry Practice Awards program.Plant longevity through license renewal.Nuclear power plants are a valuable asset to their owners because their initial licenseperiod can be extended. The initial license period of 40 years can be renewed for anadditional 20. So far, eight plants have applied for license